Sarah

@sarahscience1.bsky.social

Microbiologist. Word Nerd. Writer. Passionate about Classical Music (appreciate other styles, too). Detest bigotry and trolls. 🇦🇺

130-year-old Hitachi Tree, located in Moanalua Gardens on Oahu, Hawaii. Also known as the rain tree or monkeypod tree, it is famous for its massive umbrella-shaped canopy, which can reach over 40 meters (131 ft) in diameter.

Night night, sweet dreamies 🧡🐈 Life becomes a little simpler when you stop feeling the need to explain yourself to everyone. Choose what brings you peace, trust what feels right for you, and remember — not everyone has to understand your choices for them to be right for you.

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🚀 NASA has opened the Flight Dynamics Research Facility at Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA! It marks NASA’s first major new wind tunnel in more than 40 years, giving researchers a cutting-edge platform to test future aircraft, rockets, and spacecraft. 1/4

A group of people in suits stand in front of a massive square building that has two big square openings in it that go all the way through. The people all hold big pairs of scissors, as they wait to cut a red, white, and blue ribbon placed in front of them. Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.

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A med student asked me today: "If viruses have been evolving for billions of years, why haven't they just killed all of us yet?" I laughed. Then I stopped laughing. Because the answer reveals the most terrifying evolutionary truth I've ever encountered.🧵

Blue-winged Parrotlet Tiny parrot with green body, short pointed tail, and pale bill. Males have cobalt-blue wings and rump; females are all green. Highly gregarious. Widespread from Bolivia across much of eastern Brazil, as far south as northeastern Argentina. 📸: @my_little_sensor

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